Harrow seat cart



June 29 1926. 1,590,810

w. H. CORDING HARROW SEAT C ART Filed August 2o. '1925 VPaterited .lune 29, i926.

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"l" lil WALTER H. CORDl'G, F HEBRGN, NEBRASKA.

HARRV SEAT CART.

This invention has for one ot its objects the provision otl a novel and simple seat cart ifo-r harrows, and it consists of the construction, combination and arrangement parts hereinafter i'ully described and claimed, illustrated in the accompany-` ing drawing, wherein z- Y `Figure 1 is view in side elevation oi a ha row seat cart constructed in accordance withV my invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated. by the line 2 2 ot lligure 1;

v`Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 3-8 of Figure 1;

Figure t is a detail sectional view taken on the vertical plane inoicated by the line 4 4 or' Figure 2, and

` Figure is a detail elevational view illustrating the means by which the wheels of the seat cart are held against movement about a vertical axis while the harrow is following a straight path.

Corresponding and like parts are referredA to in the following description, and designated in the several views or the accompanying drawing, by similar reference charr actors.

The seatcart comprises. a frame 1 which emb dies a horizontal beam 2 and a vertical stoclr 3. These parts are hollow and formed integrally, and the stock El is located at and extends downwardly from the rear end ot the beam 2. A seat L1- is secured to the beam 2 by an elastic support 5.l A. bushing 6 is secured within the lower end portion of stock B by a set screw 7. The upper end portion ot a Vertical shaft 8 is journaled in the bushing 6, and'is held in place by collars 9 and 10. The collar 9 is fixed tothe upper end of the shaft S and rests upon the upper end of the bushing 6 and the collar 10 is lined to the shaft 8 by a set screw 11 and contacts with the lover end of the bushing 6. The collar 10 is provided with a radial pin or lug 12 which lits in a substantially semicircular recess 13 in the lower end of the stock 3. The shaft 8 is odset as at 8 to position its lower vertical end portion 8b laterally beyond the stock 3. i@in axle lil having an intermediate arcuate portion lila and spindles lll, is pivoted ccntrally between its ends to the lower end of the shaft portion 8a by means of a bolt 15. (livrer-.nd contacting wheels 1G are journaledvon the spindles "fw,

V l ..5 ,V .v .v i, I" l ne iront end ol the beam 2 is adapted to be secured toV evener bar oit a has ow, such barbein-g shown in Figures 1 and 3 and designated 17, by a clevis 18. The attaching and supporting element or @levis 1S is of substantially inverted tidorm. The element 18 em braces beam and is secured thereto by a bolt 19. The lower ends of the side mem-y bers of the element 18 rest upon the'evener bar 1?' and are secured thereto by bolts 20. A brace 21 of substantially V-shape is secured to the beam 2 at a point rearwardly beyond its horizontal center and extends downwardly and forwardly to the evener bar 17. The rear end of the brace 21 embraces the beam 2 and is secured thereto by a bolt 22. members of the brace 21 rest uponand are secured to theevener bar 17 by the bolts 20.

rl'he seat cart will support the driverin rear of and close to the team and at a point vhigh enough to permit him to view the tield andthe draft of Vthe team and to be out of the way of the dust raised by the harrow. The weight of the driver will hold the evener down, and as his weight fis partly supported by the wheels 16 the resistance to the movement of the harrow is comparatively light and it will not injure crops. Due to the construction of the support and attaching element 18 and the brace 21, the

seat cart cannot have any movement with respect to the harrow evener. The pin or lug 12 willy owing to its engagement with the notch 13 in the lower end of the stock 3 prevent the shaft 8 and the wheels 16 from movement about a vertical axis while the harrow is following a straight path. The pin or lug 12 will not, however, prevent the wheels 16 and shaft 8 from turning about a vertical axis while the harrow is being turned. As the axle 14 is pivot'ed to the shaft 8, the wheels 1G automatically accommodate themselves to the uneveness in the ground.

ll desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made therein when desired as are within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed isz- 1. A cart of the character set orth,com-

and supported troni the llO prising,` a beam, a stoel; at the rear end of the beam, a shaft journaled in the stock andk having the lower end thereoflaterally offset with respect to the stock, an axle having an arcuate portion pivoted to the shaft, wheels carried by the axle, a support and attaching element secured to the front end of thebeam, and a seat secured to the beam.

2. A cart of the character set forth, comprising a beam, a stock at the rear end of the beam, a caster truck Connected to the stock, means normally holding the easter truck against movement about a vertical aXis, an attaching and supporting element secured to the front end or' the beam, and a seat secured to the beam.

3. A cart of the Vcharacter set forth, oomprising a beam, a stock at the rear end of the beam and provided in its lower edge with a notch, a shaft journaled in the stock,

' a pin carried by the shaft and fitting in said notch, an axle connected to the shaft, wheels carried by the. axle, a supporting and attachingelement secured to the front end of the beam, and a seat secured to the beam.

4. A cart of the character set forth comprising a beam, a seat Secured to the beam, wheels supporting the rear end of the beam, and an inverted V-shaped supporting and attaching element secured to the front end of the beam.v

5. A cart of the character set forth oomprising a beam, a seat secured to ythe beam, wheels supporting the rear end of the beam, an inverted V-shaped supporting and attaching element secured to the front end of the beam, and a V-shaped brace secured toV 

